Structural characterization and expression analysis of a beta-thymosin homologue (Tβ) in disk abalone, Haliotis discus discus

Gene

Volumn 527, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 376-383

  Kasthuri, Saranya Revathy ^a   Premachandra, H K A ^a   Umasuthan, Navaneethaiyer ^a   Whang, Ilson ^a   Lee, Jehee ^a  

^a Jeju National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Beta thymosin; Genomic characterization; Haliotis discus discus; LPS; Poly I:C; Vibrio parahemolyticus

Indexed keywords

ACTIN BINDING PROTEIN; BETA THYMOSIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GLUTAMIC ACID; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; POLYINOSINIC POLYCYTIDYLIC ACID; THYMOSIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABALONE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BINDING SITE; BLOOD CELL; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GILL; HALIOTIS DISCUS DISCUS; INTRON; INVERTEBRATE; MOLLUSC; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; UBIQUITINATION; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

ACTIVATOR PROTEIN-1; ACUTE MYELOID LEUKEMIA-1A; AML-1A; AP-1; BAC; BACTERIAL ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME; BETA THYMOSIN; BRAIN-2; BRN-2; C/EBPΑ; CCAAT-ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA; CDNA; CFU; COLONY FORMING UNITS; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE 1; EGR-1; GENOMIC CHARACTERIZATION; HALIOTIS DISCUS DISCUS; HEAT SHOCK FACTOR; HSF; I.M.; IL-3; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTOR-2; INTERLEUKIN-3; INTRAMUSCULAR; IRF-2; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; LPS; LYF-1; LYMPHOID TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR-1; OCT-1; OCTAMER-BINDING TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR-1; OPEN READING FRAME; ORF; PAMP; PATHOGEN-ASSOCIATED MOLECULAR PATTERN; PCR; POLY I:C; POLYINOSINIC:POLYCYTIDYLIC ACID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QRT-PCR; QUANTITATIVE REAL-TIME RT-PCR; RAR-RELATED ORPHAN RECEPTOR A; ROR-Α; SIGNAL TRANSDUCER AND ACTIVATOR OF TRANSCRIPTION; STAT; TΒ; UNTRANSLATED REGION; UTR; VIBRIO PARAHEMOLYTICUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; GASTROPODA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PHYLOGENY; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; THYMOSIN; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

HALIOTIDAE; HALIOTIS DISCUS DISCUS; INVERTEBRATA; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

EID: 84881218569     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: 18790038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2013.04.079     Document Type: Article

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